Albert kane



A. KANE.

(No Model.)

VISE.

' Patented Dec. 20, 1892.

of Inventor.

ya M448 UNiTEp f STATES PATENT OF IcE.

ALBERT KANEQ EBUF ALO, NEW YORK.

vise.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 488,315, dated December 20, 1892.

' Application filed July 8,1892. Berialllo'ASQySSS. (11c model.)

have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vises,'o twhich the following isaspecification. v

Myinvention relates to certain-improvementswhereby a parallel vise ismounted n pon a universal joint that can be securely fastened in any required position, so that.-. the' article held in it can be easily turnedaround or brought into any position .or at any angle without removing itfrom the vise, or to bring' that partof the article itis desired to work on;

in the best possible position to receive the light and be advantageously operated upon, all of which will be fullyand clearlyhereinafter d6", scribed and claimed, reference being had to 39 the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the vise complete, showing the vise in a horizontal position. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation, cutting through the hollow ball in or about line a a,

Fig; 3, also through the socketedholding frame and the bench towhich it is attached,

. in or about line 0 c, Fig. 4, showing also, the viseln an angular position. Fig. 3 represeutsa bottom view of-the ball portion and the vise connected with it, the fastening device, the socketed frame and the bench below it being omitted. Fig.g4 is a detached top view of the circular socketed frame and a portion of the bench to which it is attached.

The vise consists of the usual and 'well known jaws 1 and 2, the jaw 1, having the horizontal guiding piece It is made in the usual way and is constructed to fit and slide in an opening through the lower portion of the jaw,2, and is adapted to keep the two jaws 1 and 2, parallel and in a line with eachoth'er. The guiding-piece 3 is made hollow on the under side so as to receive the screw,

4, which is provided with the ordinary vise-- handle, 5.- The screw, 4,'is constructed and" connected with the vise in the same waythat a similar screw vise handle is connected with any ordinary parallel vise and'operatesin-exi actly the same way for opening orjclosing the jaws of the vise, and not being a part of this invention and being of well known construe tion a further description here is not required.

'lhe lower portion of the jaw, 2, is provided with a hollow spherical portion 6, having two narrow transverse openings, or slots 7 and 8, which cross each other through the. lower half of the spherical portion, 6, substantially This hollow asshown in Figs. 2 and 3. spherical portion is preferably cast in one piece with the jaw portion, 2, of cast iron, or

In the'center oi this portion, 1,3, is rigidly secured in any well known way a bolt, 14, (the portion, 13, acting as an enlarged head to the bolt 14) which extends down andtprojects out through the slots or openings 7 or. 8, andjs preferably provided with a square portion, 15, (see Fig. 2) adapted to pass down through a square hole, 16, in the bench, 16*, shown in Fig. 4, to keep'it from turning therein. At

the lower end of vthe bolt, 14, is a'screw portion, 17, which projects down through the bench'to receive a washer, 18, and a thumbnut, 19, by which it is tightened when the vise is adjusted to any position or angle that may be required. a

From the above description it will be seen that by loosening the thumb-screw 19, the

vise may be turned around in its socket to any point required, or it may be made to incline either forward or back, the slot oropening, 7, allowing it to be'thus inclined without disturbing the bolt, 14,-or it may be made to incline sidewise-eit-her way, the opening, 8,-

in this: instance, allowing it to, be so moved without disturbing the bolt, 14.

1 When the vise is thus adjusted to the desiredposition, which is easily-and quickly I gene. itcan be i-nstantly'tightened and made frigid in that position by the thumb-screw, l9, tliecomparatively large size of the spherical portion, 6, allowing it; tobe quickly and strongly. fastened. byia comparatively easy turning of the thumb-screw, 19. The washer, 18, is not always necessary and in some cases may be dispensed with. By this construction a much greater angular movement may be obtained than by the ordinary ball joint the cross slots or opening 7 and 8, leaving room to move the vise considerably farther than the circular opening in a ball joint.

I am aware that vises have heretofore been made and constructed so as to be capable of being moved and secured in various positions by means of aball and socket joint. Itherefore do not claim such construction broadly but What I do claim is-- In a vise, the combination with the jaw, 2, which carries and supports the jaw, 1, its

parallel'guiding bar and operating parts, of a spherical portion having an interior spherical chamber provided with narrow crossopenings in its lower half, a socket frame in which the spherical portion rests and a bolt having an enlarged head located within the sphericalchamber, the bolt extending down through the cross-openings and terminating in a screw portion adapted to pass through a bench and provided with a, thumb nut forsacnring it in position and to a bench substantially as described.

Witnesses:

JAMES SANGSTER, JOHN H. GRIFFITH.

ALBERT KANE. 

